Morning dew on spiderweb

Hi Ry,

This is nicely done macro with an abstract feel to it.  You may want to do some sharpening to get those dew drops better defined.  Get hold of Tony Kuyper's sharpening for the web plugins which sharpens during the downsizing of an image prior saving as a jpeg.  This is a wonderful shot that has tremendous potentiual..............................Jim

Hi Ry, welcome to the Macro/CU gallery.  This is a great look at this collection of dewdrops.  The combination of green leaves and blue (sky) reflections in the drops works very well and having a good layer of sharp drops makes the entire frame interesting.  As you describe, in "true macro" work (which I, arbitrarily, describe as occurring at magnifications of 1/2 life size or larger using the top number as the size in the camera and the bottom as the actual size), the challenges of depth of field become dominant.  The laws of optics are more forgiving in close-up work, which I see as going out to something like an image where the physical size is around 12 inches or so.   One solution to the optics problems is to work at lower magnification and then make a big crop as you've done here.  That works fine for modest size displays (like NPN, or say an 8 x 12 print).  Your camera (and this image) look like a good way to see how interested in macro/close-up you are.  Should you get hooked, you'll probably want to move to an interchangeable lens camera with a dedicated macro lens, but that's an investment, so I'd say pursue your interest with what you have as you learn it's capabilities and especially it's limitations.

Yeah!  You made it.   Everybody....this is a very talented photographer, who is a neighbor of mine.  Give him a warm welcome!   
Ry, you need to save some of your best spider web images for the weekly challenge topic in a couple of weeks!  Spider webs!

I don't see the spider web but I like the droplets of water and the green blue colors against the background. I like abstracts very much and this photo is a great nature abstract. 

Congratulations, Ry!  Also welcome to the site.  Nice way to get started, for sure.  Looking forward to more of your shots.  This is a wonderful site to be a part of, both for learning and just getting to see some excellent work.